...Min Zhang; Xiande Zhao; Marjorie Lyles Purpose The purpose of this paper is to empirically investigate the mechanisms through which absorptive capacity (AC), trust and information systems jointly influence product innovation. Design/methodology/approach This study proposes a research model...

... on a range of complementary contexts, including information systems and internal service provision (Brandon‐Jones, 2006, 2008). The dominant focus of early information systems' provision is on the quality of product attributes, including timeliness, accuracy, and format (Jenkins and Ricketts, 1979 ; Larcker...

...Marie Marchand; Louis Raymond Purpose This paper aims to clarify the notions that underlie performance measurement systems (PMS) and to propose an information systems (IS)‐based characterisation and definition of PMS, that is, as a performance management information system (PMIS). Design...

... information systems. Mark Stevenson can be contacted at: mstevenson@lancaster.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Flexible organizations Supply chain management Information systems Uncertainty management The present, highly competitive, manufacturing climate...

...Giovani J.C. da Silveira; Raffaella Cagliano Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between interorganizational information system (IOIS) adoption in supplier coordination and operations performance improvements. Design/methodology/approach The paper focuses...

... Corporate strategy Leadership Business process re‐engineering Information systems The challenge of implementing enterprise systems has been well documented in both the academic and the business press (McAfee, 2002 ; Deutsch, 1998). Enterprise integration, a technological intervention designed...

... systems to agile performance in those companies. The study demonstrated that information systems are relegated behind other enablers of agility. Although information systems are often used to support agility, information systems in themselves are not sufficient to achieve agility in business processes...

... was applied at the rooms and F&B division separately and then, the disaggregated inputs/outputs that were found to affect the productivity of the two hotel divisions were used for constructing the DEA model measuring the whole hotel property productivity. Information systems Communications Hotel...

...) constructively suggests that the way forward is to be guided by Habermas’s (1974) key principles. These principles involve three stages: © MCB UP Limited 2002 Process planning Hospitals Computer‐integrated manufacturing Information systems Action research During the 1980s and 1990s...

...Ian Hipkin Information systems (IS) may be seen as a repository for knowledge. The challenge to practitioners is to use such technological developments as the basis for new working practices that lead to competitive success and growth. Knowledge, as a factor of production, is increasingly...

...Wing S. Chow; King H. Lui This paper proposes an effective way to improve poor performance of ISF. The result finding was based on a questionnaire survey, and the selected respondents were asked to evaluate the adoption level of the TQM concept in governing their information systems function...

... this context to facilitate the development of Internet‐based manufacturing planning and control. Planning Supply‐chain management Internet Manufacturing Information systems The objective of the Dynamic Operations Management Across the Internet (DOMAIN) research project (Kehoe and Boughton, 1998...

...Ganesh D. Bhatt Since the mid‐1980s, the subject of information systems (IS) integration and its role in business process improvement (BPI) has been of considerable interest to business managers and researchers. The present study examines the effects of IS integration on BPI. The moderating effects...

... 1998 Information systems Manufacturing systems Models Planning There are ever increasing pressures on most manufacturing companies to be effective and efficient. The environments in which they operate are becoming ever more competitive with the increasing threat from international...

... design/ implementation of cycle counting pro‐grammes; and clear linkages between cycle counting efforts and resulting levels of record accuracy. © MCB UP Limited 1995 Information systems Manufacturing systems MRP Records management Record accuracy is widely recognized as essential...

...Cipriano Forza Asserts that information systems are an essential component in the efficacy of quality management systems and that information systems therefore merit greater recognition within the theory and the practice of quality management. Based on an empirically validated reference model which...

... management information systems are available on the market to facilitate this task. In order to install a computerized maintenance management system, a company has two options: either to buy or to develop such a system. Briefly describes the major functions of maintenance management and suggests...

... management information system to support the scheduler in making routeing and scheduling decisions. A Modelling Study of a Taxi Service Operation Modelling a Taxi Service C.C. Deng, H.L. Ong, B.W. Ang and T.N. Goh National University of Singapore, Singapore 65 Introduction The study presented in this article...

... Europe. Highlights of the results include the superior Japanese delivery speed and the extensive use of information systems in the USA. An overview of the relative industrial strengths of each country provides a setting to discuss manufacturing strategy. Each national industry is then classified...

...O. Maxie Burns; David Turnipseed; Walter E. Riggs The implementation process of any information system is a challenging task which becomes even more difficult when the system to be implemented is complex and requires significant organisational change,such as Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP II...